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MEET R&M: Airport Engineering Group Manager Evan Griffith, PE

Meet Evan Griffith, PE! Evan serves as R&M’s Airport Engineering Group Manager, and has been with the firm for seven years. He has 27 years of Alaska engineering experience, with the last 22 years focused primarily on aviation-related projects. Evan’s experience ranges from single-phase, multi-year rural airport relocation projects to multi-phase or fast track single/multi-year […]

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R&M Through The Years: Supporting Development of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

In celebration of R&M’s 50th anniversary, we are taking a look back at the projects over the last five decades that made R&M into the firm it is today. We start with a look at how R&M got its start – geotechnical investigation work on pipeline routes and design of the original haul road for […]

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Replacing a WWII-Era Dock

BIORKA ISLAND DOCK REPLACEMENT The dock facility serving the Biorka Island NEXRAD installation is at the end of its service life. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is replacing the dock to allow continued use of this facility, as well as other activities on the island. R&M provided civil and geotechnical engineering, surveying and environmental services […]

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A New Resting Place for Interior-Based Alaskan Veterans

INTERIOR ALASKA VETERANS CEMETERY The Fairbanks area has the second densest population of veterans in Alaska, with an estimated 11,000 veterans residing within a 75-mile radius of the Fairbanks North Star Borough. These Alaskan veterans have limited options for burial in the state, both far from home. The nearest dedicated veterans’ cemetery is 350 miles […]

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Bicycle Commuter Challenges Promote a Healthier Community

Commuting by bicycle not only promotes individual health and wellness, but also benefits our community. Fewer vehicles on the road means less congestion, noise and pollution. R&M is doing our part to better our community by promoting bike commuting through participation in internal and local commuter challenges. Participating also offers a fun intra-office competition. Staff […]

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Meet R&M: Senior Geologist Chris Fell, CPG

Chris is a Senior Geologist in R&M’s Earth Sciences Department and has been with the firm for the past four years. His experience includes 13 years of engineering and environmental geology, environmental investigation and remediation, and GIS modeling. Chris has extensive field experience conducting geotechnical and environmental investigations, performing geotechnical special inspections, developing groundwater flow […]

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Nathan Dennis Joins R&M’s Environmental Services Group

Nathan Dennis joins R&M as an Environmental Specialist in our Environmental Services Group. He will be responsible for ongoing regulatory compliance, permitting, environmental baseline monitoring, Phase I and II environmental site assessments (ESA), general contaminated sites work, NEPA impact analysis, SWPPP implementation and other related environmental services in support of highway, street, airport, site development, […]

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Investing in Airline Infrastructure Upgrades and Service Improvements

Work continues at Alaska Airlines facilities across the state as part of their $100 million investment in infrastructure projects. The airline’s 2020 Great Land Improvement Plan includes construction of a new $50 million maintenance hangar on track to be completed this fall, and upgrades to the 11 airport terminals the airlines owns and maintains. Alaska […]

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Overcoming Challenging Conditions with Innovative Culvert Design

NENANA LITTLE GOLDSTREAM CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is replacing the structurally deficient Little Goldstream Creek Bridge on a section line easement road near Nenana. The bridge was classified as scour critical by DOT&PF, which means the bridge foundation is susceptible to undermining and instability due to scour. […]

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Golfing for Grandfamilies: Golf Tournament Raises Funds for Local Non-Profit

On July 27, R&M’s clients, employees, families and friends descended on the Anchorage Golf Course to golf, have fun and support the Volunteers of America (VOA) Grandfamilies Network Program. 88 individuals participated in this year’s annual charity tournament, generously donating to the program. A record-breaking $5,410 was raised, a new fundraising level for the tournament. […]

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Giving Back One Brush at a Time

This past June, R&M teamed up with NeighborWorks Alaska to paint a home for a deserving family as a part of the Paint the Town program. Paint the Town is an annual program that brings people from across our community together to give back to those who do not have the resources to take care […]

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Innovative Environmental Characterization Solutions: PFAS Groundwater Characterization at FAI

The Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) is actively investigating potential groundwater and drinking water impacts associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination discovered at the airport in late 2017. This activity at FAI was prompted by recent investigations at other facilities where fire training and response using Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) occurred and resulting […]

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